Table 1 Characteristics of focus group participants, N = 28
|  | Preferred Language | Measured pre-pregnancy BMI | Total number n = 28 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
English n = 16 | Spanish n = 12 | Overweight/Obese n = 14 | Normal Weight n = 14 | ||
Measured pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) | |||||
 Normal (18.5–24.9 kg/m2) | 9 | 5 |  |  | 14 |
 Overweight or Obese (> 25 kg/m2) | 7 | 7 |  |  | 14 |
Gestational age (in weeks) | 25.1 | 30.2 | 28.5 | 26.8 | 28 |
General health at the time of the survey | |||||
 Excellent | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
 Very good | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
 Good | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
 Fair | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Poor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Age | |||||
 18–24 years | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
 25–29 years | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
 30–35 years | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
 36+ years | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
 Refused to answer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Marital status | |||||
 Married | 12 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
 Divorced | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Separated | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Never married | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
Education | |||||
 Up to 8th grade | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 9th to 11th grade | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
 High school graduate or equivalent | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
 Some college | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
 Associate Degree | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Bachelor’s Degree | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 No schooling Completed | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Preferred language | |||||
 English |  |  | 7 | 9 | 16 |
 Spanish |  |  | 7 | 5 | 12 |
Activity level before pregnancy (number of times a week of 30 min or more of exercise such as walking, swimming, cycling, dancing, or gardening) (mean ± standard deviation) | 3.0 ± 2.2 | 3.2 ± 2.2 | 2.8 ± 2.1 | 3.4 ± 2.2 | 3.1 ± 2.1 |
Activity level during pregnancy (number of times a week of 30 min or more of exercise such as walking, swimming, cycling, dancing, or gardening) (mean ± standard deviation) | 2.4 ± 1.9 | 3.0 ± 1.5 | 2.5 ± 1.7 | 2.8 ± 1.9 | 2.6 ± 1.8 |